Wow, what a first day! If you know Drew and me, you know that doing anything on time just isn't in either of our genetic codes. We didn't leave Austin until noon, so, of course, it didn't take long for us to make a pit stop for lunch. We only made it as far as Fredricksburg before the hunger pangs hit us. We decided to make it a quick lunch and stopped at Dairy Queen (or DQ Country, as some of you know I like to call it).
The afternoon flew by at 90 mph. We had (mostly) gorgeous scenery, and I suffered only one (music-related) melt down. I had heard one too many twangy country songs at that point. Drew is now teasing me for calling the trees stupid (my exact words were, "This scenery is boring.") Luckily, we travel very well together, and laugh just about everything off.
The area past Fort Stockton, towards Big Bend, is so pretty. The plateaus, mesas and hills are plentiful and they give way to small mountain chains that appear blue in the distance. As we got closer, we could see the mountains were covered in small trees and plants. The fauna looked like a carpet covering each mountain because of the crevices and the shadows they cast. We changed into Mountain time zone, so we are now an hour beyond everyone in Central.
We met Andres, Drew's best friend from law school, in El Paso, where Andres grew up. We had dinner at L&J Cafe and spotted a rainbow on our way into dinner.
The food was great and really hit the spot. After dinner, Andres took us, in his new car (!), to a look out spot on the east side of the Franklin Mountains. We had a 180 degree view of El Paso and Juarez. Drew and I took a picture there.
After saying goodbye to Andres, we made the 40 minute drive from El Paso to Las Cruces. We're excited to see the Petrified Forest and the Grand Canyon tomorrow!
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